Machine for bottling liquids under pressure.



J. K. LANNMARK.

MACHINE FOR BOTTLING LIQUIDS UNDER PRESSURE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1911.

Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

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SSON LANNMARK, OF STOGKHOLM, SWEDEN, ASSIGNOR T0 H. K. A.

KOHL, 0F STOCKSUND, NEAR STOCKHQLM, SWEDEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

Application filed November 1, 1911 Serial No. 358,027.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHANNES KARLSSON LANNirAnmasubject of the King of Sweden residing at Stockhohn, in the Kingdom of Sweden, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Bottling Liquids Under Pressure, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to machines for bottling liquids under pressure.

One of the principal features of my invention is an air receiver placed inside the receiver for the liquid and provided with a passage which leads to the interior of a bottle when in position to be filled, means for discharging the air from the receiver before a second bottle is placed in position to be filled,'and means for tightening around the neck of the bottle.

The chief object of the invention is to compensate for the decrease in volume of the liquid in the vessel from which the liquid is drawn off, so that the pressure within the said vessel and the bottle to be filled communicating with said vessel remains unaltered during the filling operation.

The bottle to be filled is suitably connected to a slide by means of tightenlng devices around the neck of the bottle and adapted to reciprocate between two working positions, so that the bottle, after having been filled, maybe moved into a second position where it can be corked.

The invention further comprises the construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth;

In the drawing, I have shown a art of a bottling and corking machine embo ying the invention.

Figure 1 is a sectional View showing a part of the receiver for the liquid, the air receiver, the filling pipe and means for tightening around the neck of the bottle.-

Fig. 2 is plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 and 4 are'sectlonal views showing, to a larger scale, two different constructional forms of the tightening device.

Referring to the drawing, 1 is a table and 2' is a filling vessel or receiver communieating with the tank or receiver (not shown) in which the liquid is contained and exposed to gas-pressure. The receiver 2 opens into a series of tubes 3, each communicating invention.

with a sleeve 4 tightly surrounding a vertically movable tap or filling pipe 5 adapted to reciprocate lengthwise through the sleeve 4 and having a longitudinal slot communicating with the tube 3, when the filling pipe is lowered by means of a suitable driving mechanism (not shown). The pipe 5 passes through an opening 7 in the table 1, said opening being provided with a suitable sleeve or packing box 6 insuring a tight passage for the pipe 5. has an opening 8 for a vertical driver 9 to be used in connection with a corking mechanism forming no part of the present Further the table 1 has a passage 14 leading from the opening 7 to a resilient or compressible vessel or receiver 15 placed within the receiver 2. To the uppermost part 15 of receiver 15 isattached a pipe 15 adapted to slide up and down in a pipe 15 connecting the interior of receiver 15 with passage 14. The pipe 15 is provided with a longitudinal slot or perforations (not shown) extending from the lowermost to the uppermost part of pipe 15", so that the interior of the receiver 15 in every position of pipe 15 within pipe 15 always communicates with the passage elastic ring or t e like 22 adapted to be-filled The table 1 further with compressed air or water for a suitable supply, so as to tighten around the neck of the bottle. As shown in Fig. 3 the ring 22 may be solid in which case the cavity 22 receiving the air or water is formed by the solid ring 22 and. an outer ring 22 tightly surrounding' the ring 22 and preferably made of inflexible material. 'Fig. 4 shows a ring 22 made of elastic material and in which the cavity 22 is formed in the material of the ring 22 itself. The cavity 22 and the ring 22 may be connected with an inflating mechanism or water supply of any suitable kind.

lVhen the slide 19 is in its initial position shown in Fig. 1, the opening 20 is directly under the opening 7. By means of a suitduring the filling operation.

able lifting device (not shown) the bottle is lifted and the bottle mouth placed into the cup 21. The 'cavity 22", after having been filled with gas or water, causes the ring 22 to tighten against the neck of the bottle. The filling pipe 5 now descends through the openings 7 and 20 into the bottle, and the by the communication between the said pipe and receiver 2 is shut oif. The slide 19 moves into a position in which the opening 20 is just below the opening 8 and the air compressed in the vessel 15 now escapes through the opening 31 which is uncovered by the said movement of the slide 19. The receiver 2 is filled with liquid under pres sure according as the receiver 15 is emptied.

During the movement of the slide 19 the bottle is suspended under the opening 20 and is retained in this position by the ring 22. By means of the driver 9 descending through the openings 8 and 20 the corking of the bottle then is eifected. After the bottle is corked, the cavity 22 is emptied, so that the bottle can be released from the slide 19. After the driver 9 has again ascended, the slide returns, and the parts have then resumed their initial positions.

Certain arts of the machine may be modified without altering the nature of the invention. vThus, for instance, the. pipe 5 may be rigidly connected to the receiver 2, which in this case is movable in a vertical direction. In this case the pipe 5 may be provided with a valve to be operated from without, and the passage 14 may be connected to the compressible vessel 15 by means of a flexible hose or conduit.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I

1. In a machine for bottling liquids under pressure, the combination of a receiver for the liquid, a compressible air receiver placed inside and separated from the said receiver for the liquid and connected with the interior of a bottle when in position to be filled, and means for discharging the airfrom the said compressible air receiver before a second bottle is placed in position to be filled.

2. In a machine for bottling liquids under pressure, the combination of a receiver for the liquid, means for connecting the said re ceiver with abottle when in position to be filled, a compressible air receiver placed inside said receiver for the liquid and exposed to the pressure within the same, said a1r receiver exerting a counter-pressure on the liquid in the liquid receiver, a connection'between the said air receiver and the interior of the bottle, and means for allowing the air within the air receiver to discharge before' a second bottle is placed in position to be filled.

3. In a machine for bottling liquids under pressure, the combinationof a receiver for the liquid,'an air receiver placed inside the said receiver for the liquid, and connected with the interior of a bottle when in position to be filled, means for tightening around the neck of the bottle, means for shifting the bottle from its filling position into a second position, while maintaining the tighten exerting a counterpressure on the liquid therein, a connection between the said air receiver and the interior of the bottle, means for shifting the bottle from its filling position into a second POSltlOIlyQVhllG maintaining the tightening around "the neck of the bottle so as to prevent the pressure within the bottle from being destroyedand means for discharging the air withinjthe air receiver during the said shiftingi'movement.

5. In a machine for bottling liquids under pressure, the combination of a receiver for the liquid, a movable filling pipe adapted to enter 1nto the bottle when in position to be filled and communicating, in its filling position, with the said receiver, means for tightening around the neck of the bottle, a compressible air receiver placed inside the receiver for the liquid and exposed to the pressure therein, said air receiver exerting a counterpressure on the liquid in the liquid receiver, and a connection between the intej rior of the bottle and the said air receiver.

6. In a machine for bottling liquids under pressure, the combination of a receiver for the liquid, a movable filling pipe adapted to and a passage communicating with the said opening and with the interior of the air receiver, a slide movable along the said table and having an opening corresponding to the opening in the table, and means carried by the said slide for tightening round the neck of the bottle.

7. In a machine for bottling liquids under pressure, the combination of a receiver for the liquid, a movable filling pipe adapted to enter into the bottle and communicating in its lowered position with the said receiver, means for tightening around the neck of the bottle, a compressible air receiver placed inside the receiver for the liquid, and a connection between the interior of the bottle and the said air receiver.

8. In a machine for bottling liquids under pressure, the combination of a receiver for the liquid, a movable filling pipe adapted to enter into the bottle and communicating, in its filling position, with the said receiver, a compressible air receiver placed inside the receiver for the li uid, a table having an opening for the filling pipe and a passage communicating with the said opening and the interior of the air receiver, a slide movable along the said table and having an opening corresponding to the opening in the table, and means carried by the said slide for tightening around the neck of the bottle.

JOHANNES KARLSSON LANNMARK.

Witnesses AUG. S6RENSEN, FREDR. NoRDsJD. 

